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A vision realised? Cité Radieuse, Corbusier’s v

A vision realised? Cité Radieuse, Corbusier’s vertical village in Marseilles (1947-52): 1923 was a significant year, Corbusier published Vers une Architecture – Towards a New Architecture. It also happens to be the year Ellsworth Kelly was born. The two came together (metaphorically speaking) in Marseilles in 1952. Kelly forged a deep connection with France, having come first as a Private during the war, returning to study at the École des Beaux-Arts, as a beneficiary of the GI Bill. He was grappling with how to bring art to a wider audience. Art Historian Michael Plante notes that the artist was fully aware ‘…that the days of the “easel” paintings are fading, and that the future art will be something more than just “personality paintings” for walls of apartments or museums. The future art must go to the wall itself… ‘ and what better place to experience it than in Cité Radieuse. Photo with thanks to @patokalovesyou Image © FLC / ADAGP @fondationlecorbusier

This is the 1935 Garland Milk bottle built by Bene

This is the 1935 Garland Milk bottle built by Benewah Creamery as a shop … not hard to guess what they sold. It’s been spruced up and renovated over the years and had a couple of changes of use but it always reverts back to something milky. There’s a direct link from this type of 1930s roadside architecture all the way to McDonald’s 1950s Golden Arches (which over time morphed into an M). This is eye catching - make your want to pull over and park, product marketing. The correct term for the style is Programmatic architecture, here is something that is instantly understood by passers by. Image with thanks to @modtraveler

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